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Excerpt from Animal Aggregations: A Study in General Sociology
We must emphasize the fact that all studies dealing with the biotic elements of the environment are likely to be less definitely quantitative than those dealing with the non - living environment. This is no reason for their neglect, but it is a reason why we may not expect their treatment to be precise and final. The present summary, gained from pioneering in this relatively new field, must be regarded as tentative in many respects. My own research program dealing with various aspects of the subject is only well under way; the pres ent statements furnish a point of departure, rather than a gathering in of conclusions. With the accumulation of evidence now being actively collected, the conclusions tentatively advanced here may be further confirmed, or they may soon be modified or entirely aban doned. This must always be the case, even in the well-developed fields of physics and chemistry; and does not prevent summaries of knowledge to date having definite value, if they stimulate further research or give point to researches already in progress.
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We must emphasize the fact that all studies dealing with the biotic elements of the environment are likely to be less definitely quantitative than those dealing with the non - living environment. This is no reason for their neglect, but it is a reason why we may not expect their treatment to be precise and final. The present summary, gained from pioneering in this relatively new field, must be regarded as tentative in many respects. My own research program dealing with various aspects of the subject is only well under way; the pres ent statements furnish a point of departure, rather than a gathering in of conclusions. With the accumulation of evidence now being actively collected, the conclusions tentatively advanced here may be further confirmed, or they may soon be modified or entirely aban doned. This must always be the case, even in the well-developed fields of physics and chemistry; and does not prevent summaries of knowledge to date having definite value, if they stimulate further research or give point to researches already in progress.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Warder Clyde Allee
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ISBN - 9780265851951
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm
Page Count - 441
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